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New check-in spots open for young visitors at Hanoi Museum from February 3

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VOV.VN - After a period of closure for content preparation, the Hanoi Museum will welcome visitors again from February 3, featuring “Long Ma khai van,” a themed show highlighting the nation’s historical and cultural heritage, which also marks the opening of the museum’s second-phase exhibition space.

Nguyen Tien Da (right), Director of the Hanoi Museum, says final preparations are underway to open all four exhibition floors, covering seven themes across the nation’s history.

Nguyen Tien Da says the “Long Ma khai van” themed exhibition, opening on February 3, marks the Hanoi Museum’s reopening after a prolonged closure for content preparation, with the Dragon Horse motif chosen for the early days of the Year of the Horse.

The Hanoi Museum opens to visitors on February 3 alongside the launch of the “Long Ma khai van” event, with all seven themed exhibitions across four floors on display.

Theme 1 – Nature: ecological landscapes, land and mineral resources, flora and fauna.

Theme 2 – The journey to Thang Long: earliest inhabitants, early state formation, bronze drums, Chinese rule, struggles for independence.

Theme 3 – Thang Long in the Dai Viet period: the capital from the 11th-18th centuries, urban form and architecture, resistance to foreign invasions, political and intellectual center, and spiritual life.

Theme 4 – Hanoi in the 19th and 20th centuries: craft villages, trade streets, markets and street vendors, the colonial city, infrastructure, education, culture and the arts, religion and beliefs, urban residents.

Theme 5 – Struggle and independence (1873-1954): the fight for independence, early years of independence, the war against the French (1946-1954), the war against the United States (1954-1975).

Theme 6 – Socialism building : urban planning, early socialist construction, collective housing, Hanoi’s future, new opportunities, renewal and contemporary life.

Theme 7 – Short-term themed exhibitions and outdoor exhibition spaces

Nguyen Tien Da says that in addition to permanent exhibition spaces, the Hanoi Museum has also planned a range of hands-on experience areas, including an archaeological experience at the Vuon Chuoi site display, a collective housing check-in zone, and the Gia Lam railway station check-in area, offering visitors, especially students, unique ways to learn about Vietnam’s history.

Hanoi Museum displays its valuable collection

Hanoi Museum displays its valuable collection

An exhibition kicked off at the Hanoi Museum on October 10 with nearly 150 documents and objects sourced from the museum’s collection on display.

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